Photos that put you right in the action! Now, honestly, if done right, this isn’t a bad idea… but the advertisement is laughable. The company (Star Trik, or Imaginography, or Coop Communications Corp., whatever) has “suggested poses” that look absolutely ridiculous. Take a look at the suggested pose that is incorporated into a picture with Bret Hart. Did someone seriously think that looked good enough to entice people to spend FIFTY DOLLARS on?! I would buy the dumbest crap in the universe as long as it’s promoted well (I am a wrestling fan after all). But this… this is crap. I can’t imagine this advertisement convincing a single sole in spending money on it. $50 could buy someone a Coliseum Video copy of WrestleMania IX, after all.

Oh, wow! Sure, by modern standards the photo editing doesn’t look very convincing, but back in 1993 this was some pretty amazing, hi-tech stuff!

I’d have totally ordered one of these photos if I’d known about it at the time.

It reminds me of when Ric Flair edited himself into those photos with Miss Elizabeth.

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Yeah, you used to be able to go to the mall, get your picture taken, and they’d photoshop it into a Western scene, or a 50’s scene or whatever and you could buy the photo. Hey, in 1988 it was high tech and cool!

As the emailer of the item… yeah, at the bottom in small print is 3 or 4 different corporate names/brands, one of them called “Star Trik.” I had to make sure that was right when I was relaying it into the email. I still think something like the Undertaker picture would be just fine, even if the suggested poser looks lik a total doof. But that Bret Hart one (these were the only pictures actually available, BTW)… find a different pose from the wrestler. It just doesn’t seem to translate well into the idea unless you take a picture laying down, playing dead.

Option 2: Bret Hart is leaping off the ropes to deliver a killer maneuver (#1), what better way to capture the intensity of the moment than looking directly at the camera and channeling Kevin McAllister’s rendition of the Scream?